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If you’re using pretty permalinks (as in your permalinks look something like /2007/03/post_slug), you can clean up your WordPress folder a bit by deleting these files:

• wp-atom.php
• wp-commentsrss2.php
• wp-feed.php
• wp-rss.php
• wp-rss2.php

This is because as of, I believe, WordPress 2.2, these files are left behind only for legacy purposes — for people without pretty permalinks. The feed files themselves are located in wp-includes/ and with pretty permalinks, WordPress goes right to those files.

In fact, WordPress still …

I’ve just spent the better part of, oh, say, 20 minutes, slamming my head over and over again into the wall that are the WordPress rewrite rules. What I’m struggling with is that WordPress seems to be sweeping up all the requests that aren’t actual files or directories.

More specifically, I’m trying to get an SVN repository set up at /svn. You can view it in a browser and check out the repository, but I kept …

Apparently, but this might be wrong, I’m online right now…

(from Facebook)

Upon the insistence of a friend, I’ve installed the StumbleUpon Firefox extension and I must say I can’t believe I’ve missed out so long. When StumbleUpon first hit the news, I passed it on as a ridiculous fad, but now I’ve killed countless minutes clicking the “Stumble!” button.

I’ve already found a few gems, such as the winners of the “I Like My Dog” contest, hilarious images like this one and a [list of “almost every …

I just downloaded MarsEdit and I’m giving it a trial run. I’m just finding the WordPress admin a bit… web-like. I’ve probably stared at those shades of blue a little too much.

So far so good. The setup wizard which popped up the first time I opened MarsEdit was extremely simple — one dialog for the blog name and URL, another for the username and password, and I was good to go. The interface is very …